Cane-juice separator.



E. J. R UGKSTITHL. CANE JUICE SEPARATOR, APPLICATION FILED 111x221. 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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Patented Apr, 29, 1913.

Application filed June 21. 15912. Serial No. 705.5%

1 'o (:52 11311-0110 if may concern Be it known that I, Bowman 3. BUCK: ems, citizen of the United States, residiug at Levert, iu tiie aris S Martin and State of Louisiana, We is vented new and useful Improvements i paratus Clarifying or Defecating saccharine Liquids, of which the following e specificanon, 1

present invention pertains to apparaor clarifying or defecating saccharineun'd it consists in the simple end i sposratus, icrei iter desc;

eoutin u 1 s secompeo" eciiicssion; cigar-e 1 :1 ricer section of the apparatus me A: ion that i he ress yet devised. iioeizcntul sect-ion taken in the (rated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, WIIWEI'tl. 3 n liorizonsui l of my novei device" is cyoxu, and is pref rubly made of said discharge passages being preferably of casismetal sand fixedin any approved manner on the ioW-er end of the casing por ion 3. The flange 2 of the casing is provided with a plurality of valved outlets Suitably fixed'within and to the flange 2 of the casing is a coiiccting member which comprises a portion depending from the flange 2, and of even diameter throughout and open at its iower end, and a portion that extends upward from said flange and istapered toward its upper At its said upper end the tapered portion of the collecting member 6 is provided with a discharge conduit 7 which is preferably, though not necessarily, valved, so that the volume of substance passin therethrough can be regulated as occasion amends.

practical embociinent Extending inward through the well of the upper tapered portion of the collecting member 5 is pipejB, the outer end of which is designed to be connected with means (not shown), for supplying 'to the apparatus saccharine liquids in a heated state. 1 The inner cnd'oi' the pipe S is preferably, though not neeessui tapered or reduced as shown, in order to form a nozzle calculated to better suread the saccharine liquids in the tapered oz; e-sl'umed portion of the collector.

in the central lower port-ion oi contzaining the discharge pusstem 9 having a handle 10 as and fixed on the upper end of in 9 s a distributing member 11, of double. cone-shape, or in other spared in opposite directions from orizontul median line to points atits is collector; member (3 and the distribusing ineiober 11 are preferably, though'nofi neessuril v, mode of sheebmetal.

' u tical operation of my novel zip- :arine liquids in a, heated state to the pipe 8, and when deto the said pipe 8 can be i' a valve, not shown. The pipe sad the heated substance in the coliectinc member 6 with the result that the subsmnce uii give of? fiber and other particies as weli as air. The fiber and, other Eight particles which float will pass ,oii through the outlet '2", WllilG the remainder of the saccharine substance will pass down i through the collecting member 8 and outof the icser open end thereof. The clear liquid Wii pass up through the annular space between the lower portion of the member f"; and the casing l, and will pass out piped to any height, or desired the Valves complementary to the outlets 5 can be closed to a sufficientextent to provide a continuous discharge through the outlet 7.

The double cone distributing member 11 can be adjusted through the medium of the stem 9, occasion demands; and it has for its function to divide the heavy precipitated substance and afford a large amount of inclined surface so as to enable the precipitated substance to freely discharge without the assistance of agitating means. From this it follows that the distributing member contributes materially to the adaptability of E the apps-isms to operate continuously. It

through the outlets 5 from which it can be" will also be noticed that the distributing member in combination with the lower ta pered portion of the casing will not permit the heavy substance to discharge in a large volume. It will also be noticed that the lower portion of the member 11 is so tapered that the space between the said lower portion a d the lower portion of the casing is tapere downward, this in order to accelerate the free passage 6f the precipitated substance between I the distributing member. and the lower portion of the casing. The saccharine liquid supplied to the pipe 8 is heated to a temperature of about 200 degrees Fahrenheit.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patout, is:

1. In an apparatusfor clarifying or defecating saccharine liquids, the combination with a casing having a'discharge and also having an inwardly directed annular flange located above said discharge and a discharge orifice in said flange, of a collecting member arranged within and fixed to the said flange of the casing andextending below the flange and'open at its lower end and having a portion extending upward from the flange and provided witha discharge orifice, and

means for --discharging saccharine liquid within the upper portion of the collecting member.

- 2. In an apparatus fo rclarifyihg or defe' eating saccharine liquids, the. combination with a casing having a discharge at its lower end and also having an inwardly directed 1 annular flange at its upper end and a discharge orifice in said flange, of-a collecting member arranged within and fixed to the said flange, of the casing and extendin below the flange and open at its lower en and having an upwardly tapered portion extending upward from the flange and provided with a discharge orificdand means for discharging saccharine liquid within the upper portion of the collecting member.

EDWARD J. RUOKSTUHL. Witnesses:

LUCIEN L. JARREAU,

Jos. C. Fnrou. 

